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20 Cent Euro Pattern Coin
| Issuer | Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | At centre, a finely detailed Irish timpan (a historic stringed instrument resembling a lyre), depicted upright with decorative scrollwork at its base and a crossbar with pegs. The central motif is framed by an open laurel wreath in the lower field, with the branches meeting at the base where the date 2005 appears in the exergue. The legend NORTHERN IRELAND arcs across the upper field, while the multilingual trial inscriptions PROBE TEST ESSAI PATTERN curve along the inner border on either side of the central device. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Northern Ireland never adopted the euro, and this piece was never an official proposal — pattern euros for UK constituent countries emerged largely from private mints and medal manufacturers in the early 2000s capitalizing on collector interest following the eurozone's 2002 cash changeover. No official body commissioned a Northern Ireland euro coinage series, and these pieces hold no monetary or legal tender status under either UK or EU frameworks.